§ 57-18. Interference with shellfish.

A. 

No unauthorized person shall take, interfere with or otherwise disturb shellfish possessed, planted or cultivated by another.

B. 

No unauthorized person shall place any device used to take shellfish on or in water above land underwater owned by another or leased by the Town to another for shellfish cultivation.

C. 

No person shall take, interfere with, disturb, place into the water or onto underwater lands any device that is commonly used to take or harvest shellfish, or use any device that is commonly used to take or harvest shellfish within an area designated as a "management area," except upon prior written permission from the Town of Brookhaven.

[Added 4-16-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002, effective 4-25-2002]

Editor's Note: Management areas and their boundaries are listed in Exhibit A at the end of this chapter.

D. 

No person shall take, interfere with, disturb, place into the water or onto underwater lands any device that is commonly used to take or harvest shellfish, or use any device that is commonly used to take or harvest shellfish within an area designated as a "winter grounds" commencing at sunset on March 31 to sunrise on the first Monday in December of each year, except upon prior written permission from the Town of Brookhaven.

[Added 4-16-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002, effective 4-25-2002]

Editor's Note: Winter grounds and their boundaries are listed in Exhibit B at the end of this chapter.